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Stephen Farrand

Tour de France: Tudor, Uno-X Mobility and TotalEnergies awarded wild cards as UCI approves extra team for 2025 Grand Tours

LAGOS PORTUGAL FEBRUARY 19 LR Rui Costa of Portugal and Team EF Education EasyPost Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma Lease a Bike Julian Alaphilippe of France and Tudor Pro Cycling Team and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain and Team INEOS Grenadiers compete during the 51st Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta Stage 1 a 1922km stage from Portimao to Lagos on February 19 2025 in Lagos Portugal Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images.

The UCI has approved the invitation of a 23rd team to the 2025 Grand Tours, with the Tour de France immediately awarding their three wild card places to TotalEnergies, Tudor Pro Cycling and Uno-X Mobility. 

Q36.5 Pro Cycling and Tudor are hoping to secure a wild card place to the Giro d'Italia alongside the Italian ProTeams, while the Vuelta a España organisers will have to decide between the Spanish ProTeams and other major ProTeams. 

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